Plato (moon crater)

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Crater plato.jpg
Close up of Plato crater. Photo by Ole Nielsen.
Plato (Moon North Pole Region)
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position 51.6 °  N , 9.38 °  W Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '0 "  N , 9 ° 22' 48"  W.
diameter 101 km
Named after Plato
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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The lunar crater Plato is located on the side of the earth's moon facing us. It is located in the Montes Alpes (Alps mountains) at 51 ° 40 'north and 9 ° 20' west and has a diameter of 101 km. Its depth is around 1,000 m, the crater wall rises partially around 2,400 m above the dark crater floor.

Similar to the Maria , the crater floor is covered with formerly liquid basalt . The rim of the crater has slipped slightly inward on the western side over a length of approx. 15 km. Its age is estimated to be 3.2 to 3.8 billion years. Inside the crater there are 4 other craters with diameters up to about 2 km. These are often used to determine the quality of larger amateur telescopes.

List of minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. Renamed to Bliss
B. 53.1 °  N , 17.32 °  W 12 km [1]
C. 53.36 °  N , 19.48 °  W 9 km [2]
D. 49.69 °  N , 14.59 °  W 9 km [3]
E. 49.76 °  N , 16.21 °  W 7 km [4]
F. 51.71 °  N , 17.43 °  W 8 kilometers [5]
G 52.14 °  N , 6.3 °  W 8 kilometers [6]
H 55.18 °  N , 2.03 °  W 11 km [7]
J 49.04 °  N , 4.63 °  W 8 kilometers [8th]
K 46.83 °  N , 3.29 °  W 7 km [9]
KA 46.79 °  N , 3.6 °  W 5 km [10]
L. 51.66 °  N , 4.41 °  W 10 km [11]
M. 53.11 °  N , 15.52 °  W 8 kilometers [12]
O 52.31 °  N , 15.45 °  W 8 kilometers [13]
P 51.53 °  N , 15.24 °  W 8 kilometers [14]
Q 54.62 °  N , 4.86 °  W 8 kilometers [15]
R. 53.78 °  N , 18.48 °  W 6 km [16]
S. 53.84 °  N , 15.02 °  W 6 km [17]
T 54.58 °  N , 11.3 °  W 8 kilometers [18]
U 49.59 °  N , 7.42 °  W 6 km [19]
V 55.87 °  N , 7.37 °  W 6 km [20]
W. 57.24 °  N , 17.83 °  W 4 km [21]
X 50.19 °  N , 13.85 °  W 4 km [22]
Y 53.17 °  N , 16.32 °  W 10 km [23]

See also

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